Stocker Cattle

Introduction.

New York is blessed with climatic conditions that grow excellent forage. This forage is well suited to the stocker enterprise. Stocker cattle are generally young cattle that are turned out in the spring and sold in the fall. It is one of the few animal enterprises that young farmers can enter due to fact that there is little investment in machinery. Starting farmers can also custom graze and lease pasture land, reducing those capital requirements.

A project was funded by New York State Agriculture and Markets to support this industry. The full proposal with more information can be found HERE.

STOCKER SHORT COURSE – Fall 2017

Accessing Capital – Farm Credit East
What a lender needs to know – Video
Basics of a business plan – Video
Planning budgets – Video
Tax Planning – Video

Basic requirements (land, facilities, equipment) –  Video
Dale Blasi, PhD, Professor K-State and Director Stocker Research

Stockering in Kentucky- Beef Magazine 2016 Stocker of the Year – Video
Brenda Paul, Timberlawn Farm, Paris, KY 

Economic viability of the stocker enterprise – Video
Duane Lenz, General Manager, CattleFax

Forage – Optimizing animal performance
Factors affecting dry matter intake, Karen Hoffman, NRCS – Video
Grazing management and land evaluation tools, Nancy Glazier, Livestock Specialist, NWNY Extension Team – Video

Results of National Stocker Survey – Video
Wes Ishmael, Editor Beef Magazine

Panel discussion with local stocker operators – Video
Rich Hoskins, Lyons Falls
Joe Eisele, Canton
LinRae Ellis, Houghton
Winnie & Paul Nelson, Schoharie

Receiving protocols to optimize performance – Video
Dr. Dave Wilson, DVM

Tools to reduce risk and identify opportunities in the stocker enterprise – Video
Derrell Peel, PhD Oklahoma State

Stocker Short Course – Fall 2018

For the 2018 Short Course participants met to discuss the Factors that affect the value of feeder cattle. We also worked on how to predict the price of feeder cattle. We then went to the Finger Lakes Livestock Exchange which was having a Special Feeder Calf auction. Here participants mock bid feeder cattle based on what they had learned.

2018 Stocker Year in Review Webinars

Multi-state Beef Tour. September 24 – 28, 2019. Take a look at the report below and slides. We had a very educational and fun trip.

Beef_Tour_report
Beef_Tour_Kentucky – Slides

3, mjb28@cornell.edu.

Funded by the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets project “Stocker cattle: Using underutilized grasslands to improve economic viability of the Southern Tier while providing viable careers for beginning farmers.

New York State Livestock Market Report: https://www.ams.usda.gov/market-news/feeder-and-replacement-cattle-auctions#NewYork

Project Reports

Resources

Power Point Presentations